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Victory Mine

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008664
MRDS ID D000994
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Mine
Related records 10163756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.95095, 37.01662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position JUST NE OF JUNCTION OF N. FORK, KINGS RIVER AND WOODCHUCK CRK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Courtright Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010S 028E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 10% WO3 FOR LENGTH OF 15 FT. AT NW END OF BED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.95095, 37.01662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE LAYER IS IN A PENDENT WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE PENDANT WITHIN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 11wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 15.4 TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO AND TULARE COUNTIES; SPEC. REPT. 35; DIV. OF MINES, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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